PhD Teresa Aubele - Train Your Brain to Get Rich: The Simple Program That Primes Your Gray Cells for Wealth, Prosperity, and Financial Security

Principle: We all want wealthwho wouldnt?but you cant know what form of wealth you want until you know what you value.

Whether you are aware of it or not, much of what you know about money, your thoughts involving money, and the way you make financial decisions have already been ingrained in your brain. This knowledge resulted from what you saw your parents doing, or from listening to what they taught you, or from observing other people. Perhaps youve consciously taken a different route with earning, spending, and investing money, but that doesnt mean that your brain has entirely caught up with your plans. To train your brain to get rich, you first need to know whats stored in your memory and how the way your brain understands money could be affecting you more than you think.

This chapter, in particular, will help you shine a light in the corners of your mind/brain to see how much it knows (or doesnt know!) about wealth creation. Here, well discuss the concept of moneyas your brain understands and relates to itand ideas you may have about money that you might not even know are affecting your wealth creation. But before we start to learn about your brain, and the way it thinks about money, lets take a few minutes to assess your need to train your brain to get rich.

Unless youre already a self-made millionaire, its highly likely that youre not using your brain to its fullest capacity in wealth creation. Lets begin by assessing where you are on the wealth creation scale.

1. When it came to money, my parents:
   1. taught me how to manage money and be frugal.
   2. generally set a good example but didnt talk about money much.
   3. groused about never having enough, but didnt do anything to change it.
   4. didnt have a clue and were always broke.
      
2. When it comes to a career, I:
   1. set my sights early on to enter a high-paying profession.
   2. didnt give it enough thought and now regret my choice.
   3. dont have a career; I have a job (that I dont particularly like).
   4. am not even sure what a career would look like.
      
3. When it comes to the amount of money I make, I am:
   1. doing okay, but always aspiring to make more.
   2. well below where I hoped Id be at this point in my life.
   3. stuck at a certain level and always passed over for promotions.
   4. barely above water, very unhappy, and dont see a lot of options.
      
4. When it comes to making investments, I:
   1. have a long-term plan in place that I review every five years.
   2. put money in my IRA every year, but its all cash.
   3. invested in a house, but have no other investments.
   4. dont have enough money to invest in anything.